Christian Bale As Doctor Strange?

There is no denying that Christian Bale is pretty hot right now (well… at least when he’s in a Batman outfit) and he’s scoring more and more marks with the nerdy geek crowd (you know, like me) with not only his role as Batman, but also in the upcoming Terminator movie where he plays John Connor.

There is a RUMOR floating around out there right now that it appears Christian Bale could next be tackling another comic superhero…. Doctor Strange. The outlet livenews gives us this:

“Doctor Strange is a very different kind of hero to Batman and it’s felt Christian is the sort of actor who can make the part work on screen. It is understood a deal could be struck in the coming weeks.” The Welsh-born star “tops the list” of movie bosses to portray Dr. Strange, a former surgeon who becomes a powerful sorcerer after a car accident leaves him unable to perform operations.

Ok, let’s just go with this for a second. I’m not usually one to agree with casting rumors, but in this case I’ll make an exception. I actually think casting Christian Bale as Doctor Strange would be a really nice fit. So if this RUMOR turns out to have some validity, count me in.

Having said that, I just personally can’t see Bale taking on a role like this one, especially since he’s already so identified with a comic book character. The fact that one character is a DC hero and the other is a Marvel wouldn’t be a problem since Bale doesn’t have a contract with DC comics, he has one with WB. But I just can’t see him putting his career in a pigeonhole like this

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23 thoughts on “Christian Bale As Doctor Strange?

  1. I don’t want christoper nolan will be the batman next story, HE IS CUTE FACE GUY, not like christian bale. the batman face is tough not CUTE. why christian bale not play again at batman next story? because the time contract is finished up? just tell why Christian Bale change with CUTE GUY? When I was young I always watch all batman episodes & movie, batman face is always tough not CUTE, if batman is CUTE GUY I don’t wan’t watch movie about batman. if the actor Christoper Nolan/ CUTE GUY. the point is I dont want a batman have a cute face ,I want have a tough face, like Christian Bale, & one again why batman die just give answer to me. OKAY. remeber I don’t want Christoper Nolan is batman

    I’m sorry if my languange is bad because I’m from Indonesia.

  2. Yea, this is bullshit. DC would never allow Bale to crossover and do a Marvel film. I am sure they built something in the contract about that. Marvel and DC are very competitive like that so this can only be BS.

    On a side not, I can think of one guy I would like to see as Dr. Strange and his name is “Jim Caviezel”. He is very intense much like Christian Bale and he would nail the part easily.

  3. ya know i would agree doc strange is a big big part of marvel….i think he is probley one of the most legit mided persona’s of the universe…i mean if you no his lore he has a crap ton of people that follow him….i really would not want this to be a origin movie cause it would be just a big montage movie….lot of things culminate to him bieng sorcer supreme….i say some flash backs of his DR. days…injury…. trip to the temple…then some king fu training by wong…followed by mordo going apeshit over the ancient one….voila first 30 mins are over and we can get to strange fighting demons etc …maybe some cameo’s by the avengers…..boom got yourself another iron man in the mist…..I REALLY DONT LIKE JOHNY DEPP THAT MUCH….maybe because he has so many stalker fans and im jelaous …BUT I REALLY THINK DEPP WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THIS ROLE……dr strange goes through a huge personality change from before magic and after he learns magic…..depp has a very distinct look that comes across as educated when he wants IMO…but he also has that wierd thing about him that strange is obvious in tap with.

    ps HOUSE would make a perfect Gordon Freeman if they ever make a Half Life movie =_)

  4. oh im fucking retarded

    the guy that played hellboy (the dude from sons of anarchy) is the same actor that was in blade 2 that gets cut in 2 after blade says “can you blush?”

    and prince nauda was the prince vampire/zombie from hellboy 2

    a quick dark horse/marvel switcharoo xD

  5. oh i couldnt agree more with the last paragraph of this post, that was dead on

    BUT

    – ryan reynolds is playing 2 marvel characters (and there were rumors for like 8 months that he would be flash…like 2 years ago though)
    – mistique from x men is already the blonde chick that lives next door to the punisher (thomas jane 2003)
    – halley berry is catwoman and storm
    – thunderbolt ross (hulk 2003 ang lee) is the same actor that played the old ghost rider with a horse and a cowboys hat (curtis slay? curt slayer?)
    – cyclops (james marsden) in superman doesnt really count- but w.e.

    and theres a bunch more…..

    although bale is waaayyy bigger then any of those so it stands out more which is why its a deffinite no-no

  6. Let me preface this by saying Dr. Strange is one of my favorite Super Heroes. He makes my top 3 which include the Surfer and Thor.
    That being said, I Think Bale would be a horrible choice.
    Can you imagine Bale saying “By The Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth” with his lisp?!?

  7. I have always pictured Dr. Strange as more of an Alec Baldwin-type character. Christian Bale is great, but too much of anything is still too much. I dunno, I think they need to come up with someone a little older, and wiser looking. I know, go with Morgan Freeman! ……relax, it’s sarcasm.

  8. sounds like bs
    i like the idea though.
    bale would be awesome doing the spooky sorcerer majik stuff.

    i would think they would want a story and a director onboard first.

  9. Yea I don’t think I would like to see him in that role. It would be a bit…..”strange.” hahaha corny is oh so fun. nah but really that I don’t like. he’s already Batman and John Conner. It would just be weird. BUT hollywood maybe could make it work.

  10. Doctor Strange movie – Yay! Christian Bale as Doctor Strange – Um, no. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Christian Bale; I think this dude is an great actor and just shits excellence on a daily basis, but……….not as Doctor Strange. It’s not a role that suits him, especially since he kicks so much tail as Batman. Casting him as two popular comic icons just isn’t a good idea.

  11. I think Bale would be a HORRIBLE Dr. Strange. Here is why

    1) Dr. Strange is supposed to be an intellectual (at least later on), not a chance I will buy that from Bale

    2) The previously mentioned comic pigeonhole

    3) Strange (at least in most of the comics I’ve read) is a bit of an older character, Bale still looks too young. I would think of Cloony with longer hair (although I suppose HE was batman too :P )

    4) Dr. Strange doesn’t simply talk in a raspy voice for effect.

  12. I hope Marvel doesnt spread its attention too thinly across so many franchises. With all the Avengers characters and all, they may run out of stuff to do in five years.

  13. Not looking forward to Doctor Strange i’m kinda getting sick of all these superhero movies being made.

    I want to see new comic book movies just like Sin City, 300, Watchmen hell i’ll even put Dragonball in the mix but Doctor Strange is the same old stuff we seen before.

  14. Bad, bad, bad rumor.

    (((swaps the fingers of whichever fanboy started it with a big knuckle crackin’ ruler!)))

    Here’s the thing.

    There is Doctor Strange’s origin. Gio, you only skimmed the surface. In comics lore, Strange has the accident, and goes on a quest to find purpose in his life. He travels to the Himalaya mountains, finds a hidden sanctuary, and is healed and trained by the mystical wizard, The Ancient One, that lives there. That mentor is then betrayed by Baron Mordo…

    I highlighted that small bit for a reason.

    Now it’s possible Doctor Strange won’t be an origin story. For all I know it’ll have ‘Kung Fu’ flashback sequences, or be dealt with like the first five minutes of the last Hulk film. But …gosh…that’s a whopper of a problem. The comics may predate ‘Batman Begins’, but the Doctor Strange film does not. There will be those who unfairly say such a (origin based) sequence borrows or was influenced by Batman Begins.

    Ouch.

    Now let’s say the rumor has merit.

    The defense rests.

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